A few very important Russian grammar rules

In this lesson for beginners we’ll cover a few Russian grammar rules and features of special importance. Studying them carefully will let you avoid many mistakes in the future, especially in written Russian.

Each grammar rule comes along with examples. The audio recording of today’s lesson contains all today’s examples read in slow spoken Russian.

Stress (Ударение)

There are no rules in Russian grammar about the position of stress. When memorizing Russian words you should do it together with stress. Moreover, the position of stress in the word can change when the word changes its form, for example: